"Small scale wooded areas step by step guide" Topic

I've just added a guide to how I made some cheap wooded areas for smaller scales to my blog. Have a look at:
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All the best
Andy

I'm planning on making a big batch of these in a similar way but with two changes. (1) I will not glue the canopy on and (2) only the edges will have trunks. That way troops can be put inside the woods.

A friend did something like that, with tree trunks around the edge, and the interior clear so figures can be put there. They work quite well for our 28mm and 15 mm games.
I would be inclined to leave the canopy unattached, because your photos of the base and tree trunks look amazingly like "Woods along the Somme, 1916."

By the way, the friend used nails instead of dowel for the trunks. This worries me a bit.

Grelber

I made some like this years ago, using tack nails, cutting off the tips. They were a bit sharp still and the results were not what I was after. I love the look but the practical use needs some work yet.

Now that I have a 3d printer there are a lot of small and large tree files out there. They don't give the same look of a forest that this method does. Perhaps I can print the oval forest shape along with the posts and then flock the top…

My plan is to use roofing nails. The point goes in to the base so the canopy rests on the big flat head of the nail. No injuries expected.

A nice concept. I have a fiend who did some large wooded area using a similar idea. I like EC's idea of roofing nails. The guys that did my roof job after the last tornado left plenty of them around the house.